Flaxseed: alternatives and connections

A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists.

Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of…

Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus.

Producing one seed only in a seed pod.

A exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed or the white water…

the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant

An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians, made from millet seed and various astringent substances; also, an intoxicati…

A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of…

A lotion of linseed oil and lime water, used as an application to burns and scalds; -- first used at the Carron iron works in Scotland.

A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorp…

One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc.

To sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, op…

A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flow…

Made of flax; resembling flax or its fibers; of the color of flax; of a light soft straw color; fair and flowing, like flax or tow; as…

A thin balsam or wood oil derived from the Diptcrocarpus laevis, an East Indian tree. It is used in medicine, and as a substitute for…

The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support; -- called als…

A kind of elastic floor cloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork.

The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything…